Development of an indoor air quality checklist for risk assessment of indoor air pollutants by semiquantitative score in nonindustrial workplaces

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-23

  Syazwan, A I ^a   Mohd Rafee, B ^a   Hafizan, Juahir ^a   Azman, A Z F ^a   Nizar, A M ^a   Izwyn, Z ^b   Muhaimin, A A ^a   Syafiq Yunos, M A ^c   Anita, A R ^a   Muhamad Hanafiah, J ^a   Shaharuddin, M S ^a   Mohd Ibthisham, A ^b   Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi ^a   Mohamad Azhar, M N ^a   Azizan, H S ^a   Zulfadhli, I ^b   Othman, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Action checklist; Aggregated risk index (ARI); Enterprise; Indoor air quality assessment; Indoor environmental quality (IEQ); Qualitative; Reliability; Sick building syndrome; SME

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY CHECKLIST; INTERVIEW; LAW; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864445440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s26567     Document Type: Article

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